The queen

The queen / an Evergreen film ; presented by Grove Press ; the Si Litvinoff-Vineyard Films MDH Enterprises production of ; produced by Si Litvinoff and Don Herbert ; directed by Frank Simon.

More than 40 years before RuPaul's Drag Race, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag. The film takes viewers backstage to kiki with the contestants as they rehearse, throw shade, and transform i...

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Other Authors: Doroshow, Jack (Narrator, on-screen participant.), LaBeija, Crystal (on-screen participant.), Harlow, Rachel (on-screen participant.), Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987 (on-screen participant.), Handelman, Michelle (Producer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2020]
Edition:Full screen.
Subjects:
Drag queens > United States > History > 20th century.
Drag shows > United States > History > 20th century.
Cross-dressers > United States > History > 20th century.
Beauty contests > United States > History > 20th century.
Gender identity > United States > 20th century.
Female impersonators > United States > Competitions.
Documentary films.
Beauty contests
Cross-dressers
Drag shows
Female impersonators
Gender identity
Videos > Dinand
United States
History
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Nonfiction films
Feature films
Documentary films
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:More than 40 years before RuPaul's Drag Race, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag. The film takes viewers backstage to kiki with the contestants as they rehearse, throw shade, and transform into their drag personas for the big event. Organized by pioneering LGBTQ+ icon and activist Jack Doroshow (better known by his stage person Flawless Sabrina), the competition boasted a star-studded panel of judges including Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, and Terry Southern.--Container.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.
Program content: ©1968.
Special features: audio commentary by artist and producer Zackary Drucker and journalist and author Diana Tourjée ; outtake footage ; theatrical trailers ; interview with producer Si Litvinoff by Shade Rupe ; The queen: after party outtakes with Jack Doroshow by Joe E. Jeffreys ; Flawless Sabrina: Icon/Muse, a short documentary by Michelle Handelman ; Irma Vep: The Last Breath, a short film by Michelle Handelman, featuring Flawless Sabrina ; Queens at Heart, a 1967 short documentary on drag culture ; post-screening Q&A with Flawless Sabrina and Zackary Drucker.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (67 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC, all regions; full screen presentation, 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Audience:"Not rated"--Container.
Production Credits:Directors of photography, Frank Simon, Ken van Sickle, Robert Elfstrom ; editors, Fred Shore, Geraldine Fabrikant.
Participant or Performer:Narrator, Jack Doroshow ; featuring Jack Doroshow, Crystal Labeija, Rachel Harlow, Andy Warhol.
Language:English dialogue; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:"LICENSED FOR PRIVATE HOME USE ONLY."--Container.

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